Adjustable cup for prostheses
AssigneeiFit Prosthetics, LLC
InventorTimothy R. Dillingham
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Abstract
An apparatus for adjusting an expandable prosthetic device includes: an elongated main support having a longitudinal axis and a distal end, and being adapted to connect to an outer or inner side of an adjustable socket having a distal end; an adjustable cup adapted to connect to the distal end of the elongated main support and having an expandable base and at least one side adapted to move laterally toward or laterally away from the longitudinal axis of the elongated main support; and at least a portion of a suspension system disposed in the adjustable cup and having a top adapted to connect to the distal end of the adjustable socket and a bottom adapted to slidably connect to the expandable base of the adjustable cup.
Claims30
An apparatus for adjusting an expandable prosthetic device, comprising:
- an elongated main support having a longitudinal axis and a distal end, and being adapted to connect to an outer or inner side of an adjustable socket having a distal end;
- an adjustable cup adapted to connect to the distal end of the elongated main support and having an expandable base and at least one side adapted to move laterally toward or laterally away from the longitudinal axis of the elongated main support;
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- at least a portion of a suspension system disposed in the adjustable cup and having a top adapted to connect to the distal end of the adjustable socket and a bottom adapted to slidably connect to the expandable base of the adjustable cup.
An expandable prosthetic device, comprising:
- an elongated adjustable socket having an outer side, an inner side, and a distal end;
- an elongated main support having a longitudinal axis and a distal end, and being adapted to connect to the outer side or the inner side of the elongated adjustable socket;
- an adjustable cup adapted to connect to the distal end of the elongated main support and having an expandable base and at least one side adapted to move laterally toward or laterally away from the longitudinal axis of the elongated main support;
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- at least a portion of a suspension system disposed in the adjustable cup and having a top adapted to connect to the distal end of the adjustable socket and a bottom adapted to slidably connect to the expandable base of the adjustable cup.
A method for adjusting an expandable prosthetic device, comprising:
- providing an elongated main support having a longitudinal axis and a distal end, and being adapted to connect to an outer or inner side of an adjustable socket having a distal end;
- providing an adjustable cup adapted to connect to the distal end of the elongated main support and having an expandable base and at least one side adapted to move laterally toward or laterally away from the longitudinal axis of the elongated main support;
- providing at least a portion of a suspension system disposed in the adjustable cup and having a top adapted to connect to the distal end of the adjustable socket and a bottom adapted to slidably connect to the expandable base of the adjustable cup;
- moving the at least one side of the expandable base of the adjustable cup laterally toward or laterally away from the longitudinal axis of the elongated main support.
A method for expanding a prosthetic device, comprising:
- providing an elongated adjustable socket having an outer side, an inner side, and a distal end;
- providing an elongated main support having a longitudinal axis and a distal end, and being adapted to connect to the outer side or the inner side of the elongated adjustable socket;
- providing an adjustable cup adapted to connect to the distal end of the elongated main support and having an expandable base and at least one side adapted to move laterally toward or laterally away from the longitudinal axis of the elongated main support;
- providing at least a portion of a suspension system disposed in the adjustable cup and having a top adapted to connect to the distal end of the adjustable socket and a bottom adapted to slidably connect to the expandable base of the adjustable cup;
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- moving the at least one side of the expandable base of the adjustable cup laterally toward or laterally away from the longitudinal axis of the elongated main support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.